TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - La locura de Virginia Woolf
JO  - Trastor. ánimo
A1  - Figueroa C., Gustavo
SP  - 188
EP  - 205
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
N2  - Background. This investigation attempts to evaluate the mental disorder that the novelist Virginia Wolf suffered from, and to determine the relationship between her creativity and her insanity. <br><br>METHOD. To give detailed descriptions of her major breakdowns and minor illnesses her suicide, her personality, and her outstanding artistic achievements. <br><br>RESULTS. What most characterizes her illnesses is in particular, typical phases of severely impairing depression and significant mania, culminating in suicide at the age of 59. this is a convincing life history of bipolar I disorder although a “broad bipolar spectrum” (soft bipolar II) is also possible to be considered. She was moderately stable as well exceptionally productive from 1914 until she committed suicide in 1941. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS. Virginia Woolf created little or nothing while unwell, and was productive between attacks. A detailed analysis of her own creativity over the years shows that her illnesses were the source of material for her novels.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 0718-2015
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -